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Chapter 1: Who is Benjamin Osorio and what is his role in the migrant deportation case?
Chapter 2: What is the Trump administration's position on Kilmar Abrego-Garcia's return?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Justice Department attorneys are back in federal court today. The Trump administration argues that it cannot bring back a migrant from Maryland who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month. Attorney Benjamin Osorio represents the man, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia.
Nobody's asking the Trump administration to forcibly extract Mr. Obrego from El Salvador. What we're asking is exactly what the Supreme Court told them. Let's facilitate his return. And we do this all the time. I personally have worked with DHS before to facilitate the return of several other clients who were deported.
The Supreme Court has directed the White House to take steps to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return, but both countries say they have no plans to bring him back to the U.S. President Trump says he wants to provide aid to U.S. farmers hurt by his current trade war with China. High Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods are threatening farmers who rely on buyers there.
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports Trump also bailed out farmers during his first term in office.
Chapter 3: How is President Trump addressing the trade war impact on U.S. farmers?
In a social media post, Trump wrote about how the government spent $28 billion to buoy farmers hurt by a trade war with China in his first term. He finished by declaring, Trump has imposed 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods. In turn, China is tariffing U.S. goods at 125 percent. Both of those levels are much higher than during Trump's first term. That makes U.S.
Chapter 4: What are the effects of tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports to China?
goods more expensive in China, hurting sales of ag exports, especially soybeans, by far the biggest agricultural export to China. U.S. soybean exports to China still have not recovered from Trump's first-term trade war. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
The number of Israeli reservists calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a return of the hostages is growing. Israel says military pressure is needed to strike a better deal with Hamas for their release. NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi reports from Tel Aviv.
Chapter 5: What is the current situation with Israeli reservists opposing the Gaza war?
It's very rare that Israeli soldiers speak out against the military, and especially to criticize the government. But hundreds of Israeli paratroopers, Navy SEALs, military students and retired Air Force officers are increasingly signing letters critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza.
Chapter 6: Why are Israeli military personnel criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu's war strategy?
In a letter published this week, hundreds of Navy SEALs demanded the return of the hostages, even at the cost of, quote, an immediate halt to the fighting. Last week, the Israeli military said it would fire any active Air Force reservists who signed their open letter, which said that the war is serving Netanyahu's political interests instead of prioritizing bringing back the hostages.
Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Stocks are trading lower on Wall Street at this hour. The Dow is down 95 points, the Nasdaq down 37, the S&P down 9. This is NPR News in Washington. About 9,000 U.S. troops are deploying alongside soldiers from the Philippines this week in a joint training drill. NPR's Emily Fang reports the exercises are in response to growing tensions in the South China Sea.
The drills come as China and the Philippines trade rhetorical barbs this week. They have accused each other of dangerous maneuvers near disputed islands in the South China Sea. That's where the Philippines has big territorial claims upheld by an international tribunal, but where China has nonetheless established and expanded military outposts.
That's NPR's Emily Fang reporting. Leslie Odom Jr., who wanted Tony playing Aaron Burr in Hamilton, is returning to the Broadway production nine years after he took his final bow. Jeff London has more.
Shortly after Hamilton celebrates its 10th anniversary on Broadway in August, Leslie Odom Jr. will once again step into the role of Aaron Burr, the man who desperately wanted to be in the room where it happened and who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Odom was involved in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical through its developmental workshops and off-Broadway production and played Burr for a year on Broadway. Since leaving, he's been active in film and television and has written a memoir. He also produced and starred in Pearly Victorious on Broadway last season. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.
On Wall Street, the Dow was down 87 points. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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